Cricket 1911

4o CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M a r c h 3 0 , 1 9 1 1 . H. GRADIDGE And SONS, M a n u f a c t u r e r s of ill Requisites for Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Racquets, Hockey, Football, «n d all British Sports. Used by all the Leading Players. K *d. la Iln 'i, ■Mill M u'a, « 0 * 1 <C«, i, i, <, « I ■IXH. r r l c a Llata F r e e o n ▲ pp ll ca tlo a. PATENTEES AND SOLE MAKERS ^ OF THE Of all First>Cla»s Outfitters \ and Dealers. $ BebladUng a Speciality. F a c to r y ; A rtillery P lace . WOOLWICH. B IR T H . C atton . —On the 20th inst., at Radfield, Hilton Lane, Prestwich, to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. H. Catton (Florence Cragg), a son. M A R R IA G E . D owson -G il b e y .— On the 15th inst., at St. George’s Church, Hanover Square, by the Rev. Canon Bury, Rector of Ickenham, assisted by the Rev. Prebendary Anderson, Rector of St. George’s, Hanover Square, Edward Maurice, elder son of Edward Dowson, of Montague House, Uxbridge, to Sylvia, second daughter of Arthur Nockolds Gilbey, of Swakeleys, Uxbridge. The Rev. Dr. Joseph Wood, formerly heai-master of Harrow School, has beeu installed by the Bishop of Rochester as a canon of his cathedral. D. M. S teele made 231 not out for Prince Alfred College v. Adelaide on February 11th. The total of the side was 359 for four wickets. IM PO R TAN T NOTICE . The Spring number of “ C ricket , ” which will be published in the second week of April, will mark the commencement of a new series of the paper. The journal will be per­ manently enlarged and improved in many ways. The Rev. Robert Stratten Holmes, the author of the official History of Yorkshire County Cricket and other well-known works on the game, will resume the series of articles— “ CRICKET NOTCHES ” —which proved so welcome a feature of the paper some years ago. Special attention will be given to club cricket, and the game in all parts of the world will continue to be dealt with as thoroughly as hitherto. W ith the above issue will be presented to all readers the usual S upplementary S heet containing the revised F irst -C lass F ixtbees , w ith P obtkaits of some of the leading players of the day. T H E ANNUA L S U B S C R IP T IO N , post free, to an y p a rt o f th e world w ill be 6/3 p er annum . Th e S u b scrip tio n fo r th e 24 Sum m e r Num bers on ly w ill be 5/-, p ayab le in ad vance. Single copies, p ost free 2 Jd . Offices : 168, U pper T hames St., L ondon , E C. C r i c k e t : A W E E K L y RE CO R D OF TH E GAME. 168, UPPER THAMES STREET, LONDON, E.C. THURSDAY, MARCH 8 0 t h , 1911. ^ a b i U n n ( g n s s i p - The abstract and brief chronicle of the time. — Hamlet. \ T h e Test matches are over, and their issue has left no doubt in the mind of anyone that Australia is the stronger side of the two. Mr. Sherwell and his men fared even as the M.C.C. team three years earlier, winning only one match in five. B ut the Afrikanders, though beaten, were not disgraced. They showed some good and plucky cricket in the course of the rubber ; and no one, in estimating their performances, should lose sight of the disabilities under which they laboured. They were strangers to Australian wickets. They lacked a fast bowler. Gordon White, perhaps their most versatile batsman, had not been able to accompany them. Mait­ land Hathorn’s continued ill-health made him a passenger. Lastly, but by no means of least importance, Ernest Vogler failed them entirely. Four years ago this player had some claim to be considered the best bowler in the world ; but on his recent form down under he must be reckoned a spent force. Perhaps he will come again. One hopes, but doubts. A u b r e y F a u l k n e r batted magnifi­ cently in the Tests, but was a failure with the ball. R. O. Schwarz, whom many South African critics would have left out, was practically the side’s only bowler in these games. He failed in the fourth, but for all that his record is a capital one for a man who received so little support. Five for 102 at Sydney, five for 142 at Melbourne, six for 116 at Adelaide, two for 202 at Melbourne again, and to finish up with seven for 89 in the second Sydney match. Total, twenty-five for 651, in a series of matches in which the other side averaged just on 42 per wicket, and Schwarz’s colleagues took among them fifty at a total cost of 2,748. That is to say, the old St. Paul’s boy had a third of the wickets which fell to the bowlers at less than a fifth of the runs scored off them. T h e only other man, besides Faulk­ ner and Schwarz, who increased his reputation by his play in the series was J. W. Zulch. Even though he had some luck, his two centuries were highly creditable performances. Zulch is undoubtedly a ‘ 1 Test match player.” So is Nourse, though he did less well in these games than in the less important matches, unlike Sibley Snooke, who, never at his best through­ out the tour, did more in the Tests than outside them. Llewellyn and Sinclair were, on the whole, disap­ pointing. When one remembers what they have done in the past, their figures seem very poor indeed. Both have been in the international class. One would like to think that James Sinclair is still so, and would hesitate to say that his day is over ; but cer­ tainly he could never have made a reputation on his performances of 1910-11. Llewellyn is younger; but one doubts whether Lancashire League cricket this season will be a good thing for him in view of the Triangular Tournament in 1912, when he will probably be found representing South Africa again. H o n o u r to the conquerors ! They played like a great team. Except in 1902, when anything seemed possible to him, Victor Trumper has never played in better form. Bardsley, Hill and Armstrong did splendid work. It is a tribute to the immense run- getting strength of the side that one should regard Ransford, who averaged 35, and Gehrs, with close on 29, as a trifle disappointing. C h a r l e s K e l l e w a y , who went in nine times and w7as only once dismissed under double figures, and William Whitty, who had a splendidly con­ sistent bowling record, established themselves as internationals. So, though he did not get his chance till late, did Dr. Herbert Hordern; whose googlies were more deadly to the South Africans than the South African googlies were to the home side. All the other players, except Gehrs—and he has been seen in Test matches before —were seasoned players in the highest class of cricket. If an Australian team for England were being selected now, there is little doubt that the twelve who took part in those five